this is my first pony drawing

[Kalypso 69]

hello i drew this today in my French class which is online so i have no supervision and i want to know what you guy think it's of Rainbow Dash but i haven't colored it im not sure i will though what do you guys think

[Wubsie 1,123]

Hey this isn't half-bad for a first try!

Next time try to make her taller k? Other than that this picture is pretty cool! :3

I'm drawing Dashie atm.

[Kalypso 69]

thanks she is a bit short i agree and i forgot the rainbow stripes in her hair

[Lonewolf 127]

It's pretty good. Although the body seems a little bit longer than it is normally and the perspective of the head seems off, it's probably due to the placement of the mouth.

Anyway. Good work! Keep on drawing.

[Jokuc 8,174]

It is pretty good to be your first actually. Maybe the legs could be a little bit thicker. The ear looks a bit too small, too. But it's not bad

[pjsforever 89]

That's pretty good for your first time! It's really hard to get the proportions right at first. I suggest looking up images of ponies to see the proportions and working off of those until you can draw ponies well without them. That's what I've been doing. Keep it up and you'll get very good at it!

[morethanicecream 117]

Good drawing. I am not the best at drawing (my profile picture is my best drawing) but you drew well for first time. The eyes need to be bigger. The girls eyes on the show look bigger than the boys. Her face also looks more like a boys. Also, she needs her cutie mark.

[Zerrodo 104]

For your first time it ain't too shabby. The proportions are off in some areas, but besides that it looks pretty good. The fact that your Rainbow Dash doesn't look like a mangled Mr.Potato-Head shows that, with practice, you could be a pretty talented artist. As several of the people above me have suggested, work on getting the proportions right, and look at references when you make your drawings.

Edited September 11, 2012 by YeahManWAZZAP

[XUNUSEDXXX 3,459]

For a first time, this is really good! I remember being so nervous and critical drawing my first xD Anyway, like others said, the legs are a bit off, but otherwise GJ!

[Kalypso 69]

i did this one today on my ipad i have been practicing a bit its still not perfect and needs to colored in also i didn't do the whole body

[Pix3M 607]

Have you considered the possibility of drawing from references, i.e. looking at a pony and drawing what you see)? You'll trip over less mistakes doing so.

[Kalypso 69]

Have you considered the possibility of drawing from references, i.e. looking at a pony and drawing what you see)? You'll trip over less mistakes doing so.

 

yes i have the first one is a reference drawing but the second one was from memory i am currently drawing another one but its full body still no color though

 

here is yet another drawing of the same pony (not rainbow dash) his hair is cut off a bit but oh well i ran out of room and the program is sketchbook pro

[Pix3M 607]

yes i have the first one is a reference drawing but the second one was from memory i am currently drawing another one but its full body still no color though

 

I'm curious. What picture did you exactly reference? I'm seeing a lot of things that makes this not look show-accurate. Not that you should beat yourself up because you get things wrong as I hear that it's extremely rare for an artist to do this perfectly, but here's what I'm seeing for the first pic.

 

Compared to what I remember of show-accurate proportions...

 

The size of the nose is greatly exaggerated. The nostril is placed too far in front, and the mouth is hanging on RD's cheek. I also never recalled seeing a mouth's outline hanging all by itself for a 3/4ths perspective. The eyes are smaller and does not appear to have that slight 'tilt' to the side; when wide open, the very top and bottom of the eyes do not align in a straight vertical line but is actually slightly skewed. Rainbow dash also does not have a black outline under her eye (Celestia and other ponies do, however). The body is also longer than show-accurate proportions, and the wing doesn't belong in the middle of the body but belongs behind their 'shoulder'. The large, lower section of her back legs are also shorter (but to be fair, they are closer to RL horse proportions). Her ears are also smaller and less round. The legs are also thinner.

 

I might have an eye that is a lot more discerning than most forumers here, but don't beat yourself up. Some of the first ponies I drew were also really off.

 

If you're interested in more accurate referencing, there's the grid method to give you a lot of fail-safes. It was something I had to do myself in order to get something that resembles something from the show a lot more.

[Dusty Soul 2,613]

First try... Dang that is good. Keep at it and you'll be amazing. The lines look really neatly done in this, and the only thing I see wrong really is the body should be shorter...

[Strawberry Tart 161]

Ok....so, I'm going to critique it. Haven't critiqued anything in a while~!

 

For a first try that's really good. Especially since it was drawn on the computer. Although it's good, the legs are really skinny. You might want to fix that. Also, the butt (a.k.a. plot) is not very round at the top. If you look up pictures of the ponies, you can see that you could basically fit a circle/oval thing in their butt. The mouth is also a bit too up high on the face...but that's all.

 

Very nice~ Keep drawing!

 

(P.S. Were you using references? They help!!)

[SirPoniesAlot 7]

This is great for a first time. It shows that you have potential. Most could not do this well even on their 5th tim. Try to use a reference until you get used to drawing ponies.

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

Not too bad for a first try. Just keep at it and you will get better.

What I say to work on are the proportions. She looks a little too long and her head maybe a tad oversized.

[thegoodhen 698]

That's very good! I couldn't tell it's Dashie tho-you forgot the cutie mark (I never draw cutie marks either tho ) And didn't make lines in her mane/tale and didn't color her... Other than that, I LOVE the expression.